DIAKOS RESIDENCE
The sound of the door clicking shut echoed through his mind like a gunshot. The doctor's exit left the room in eerie silence. For the first time since waking up paralyzed, he was alone with the overwhelming reality of his circumstances. His chest tightened, panic spreading through his veins like a wildfire, swift and uncontrollable.
Disbelief gripped him. How did things come to this? How did he become nothing more than a prisoner in his own body? He tried to command his limbs to move, to flex even one finger, but nothing happened.
There was no sensation or response—only a void where his power had once existed. His eyes darted frantically, the only part of his body he could still control, and desperation boiled over as he attempted to summon his wolf.
However, there w
